Bede (673–735) also called the Venerable Bede, was a Historian and Doctor of the Church. His his great work was The Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
His last words: “Hold my head, that I may have the pleasure to sit, looking towards my little oratory where I used to prey; that while I am sitting I may call upon my heavenly Father, and on the pavement of his little place sing, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to … Eccch….Thus he prayed on the floor, and when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed out his soul.
Infamous Last Words: The Venerable Bede (673–735)
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